Schools

Wisconsin Heights held it’s 2023 commencement ceremony on May 28th. For more photos, see pages 3 and 4.

Bridges Elementary students practice Bridges Everyday Expectations (BEE) to Be Kind, Be Safe, and Be Helpful. They are called our BEE Recognitions. Students work hard each day to show our BEE traits and classroom teachers and staff nominate them to receive a BEE recognition at our all school assemblies.

First graders show off their scientific knowledge at their plant and garden creatures science fair at Bridges Elementary in Sauk Prairie. Students from Ms.

The Sauk Prairie School Board will vote on June 12 whether to proceed with the ambitious land sale and development project proposed a few weeks ago. The $2.2 million dollar sale of District land near the Sauk Prairie Hospital Campus will be turned within two years into around 350 housing units.

Wisconsin Heights 4th graders went hiking last week on the Ice Age Trail. They took in glacial landforms and saw some Sandhill Cranes.

The Wisconsin Heights School Board gave the nod to a new position on its staff, aimed at helping out athletics. The board elected to begin the process of defining what their Strength and Conditioning Coach position would be like. Eventually, the position will be filled.

On May 4th, 14 talented fifth graders from Grand Avenue, Tower Rock, and Merrimac Community Schools had the opportunity to participate in the Central Wisconsin TAG Creative Arts Festival. They enjoyed taking part in activities that ranged from sculpting with wire to cake decorating, and even learning to play a tune on the ukulele.

The May Above The Line theme was “Citizenship.” The students listed below received awards on Friday, May 12, from their classroom teacher or staff who felt that they are an individual that demonstrates citizenship in and out of the classroom.  Congratulations to these students!

Merrimac Community School has been raising trout since February and with the help of 1st and 2nd grade students, 73 rainbow trout found a new home in Spring Creek.  Students commemorated the trout by using the Japanese art style of Gyotaku to make fish prints.

While the new housing development may have been the belle of the ball at Sauk Prairie School District’s Board meeting last Monday, the regular and necessary machinations of a public school district took place. Superintendent Jeff Wright, as he seems to do at every meeting, found time to highlight four Sauk Prairie graduates.